Listen to "First Edition Of Coronado Island Film Festival Gets Its Launch In January"
The inaugural of the most awaited Coronado Island Film Festival is planned to be held from January 15th -18th in Coronado. The sponsor of this festival is the popular Hotel Del Coronado, where the comedy movie “Some Like It Hot” was shot. It had Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. In this four-day festival, which is organized by Andy Friedenberg, who is the executive director and producer and Doug St. Denis, who is the founder and executive director, have plans to screen the movie, “Some Like It Hot”. The movie “The Stunt Man “by Peter O’Toole, which was also filmed at the Del Coronado, will also be screened. Chris Lemmon will be giving 2 live performances.
Nearly 60 films are planned to be screened at venues, which has the Village Theatres, Black Box Theatre, Coronado Public Library and the Coronado Performing Arts Theatre. Festival passes are now available coronadoislandfilmfest.com.